ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,138, issued on March 24, was assigned to TECNO 3 S.r.l. (Corneliano d'Alba, Italy).

"Robotized line for the production of chocolate products" was invented by Bruno Porro (Corneliano d'Alba, Italy), Marco Saini (Corneliano d'Alba, Italy) and Riccardo Federici (Corneliano d'Alba, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotized line for the production of chocolate products, including a casting chamber, a refrigerated chamber and a demoulding chamber, wherein each of the chambers is equipped with an anthropomorphic robot able to move the moulds during several steps of the production process."

The patent was filed on Feb. 5, 2024, unde...